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Zimbabwe Tightens Rules Governing Marriages Between Locals And Foreigners
Zimbabwe has tightened rules governing marriages between locals and foreigners in a move meant to arrest a growing trend in fake marriages entered into to secure residency permits and citizenship, the state media reported Thursday.
College Reduces Odds for Marriage Among Disadvantaged
For those with few social advantages, college is a prime pathway to financial stability, but it also unexpectedly lowers their odds of ever marrying, according to a study by Cornell University sociologist Kelly Musick being published in the February issue...
Why Young Couples Aren’t Getting Married — They Fear the Ravages of Divorce
With the share of married adults at an all-time low in the United States, new research by demographers at Cornell University and the University of Central Oklahoma unveils clues why couples don’t get married – they fear divorce. Among cohabitating...
New Patterns Emerging in Romantic Relations Among Young Adults
Changes in relationship formation and dissolution in the past 50 years have revealed new patterns in romantic relations among young adults. The U.S. Census indicates that young people are choosing to marry later and cohabitating more often than past generations....
Husband’s Employment Status Threatens Marriage, But Wife’s Does Not, Study Finds
A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains. The research, led by Liana Sayer of Ohio State University...
Most People in the US Marry Only Those with Similar Political Views
Though “variety is the spice of life” and “opposites attract,” most people marry only those whose political views align with their own, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Political...
Power Or Gender Most Important in Causing Infidelity?
We have all seen the headlines. A powerful athlete, politician or businessman has committed adultery. The tabloids fly off the shelves and the papers are consumed with the how’s and why’s. However there is one key group that is often missing from...
‘Delayed’ Marriage Frustrates Egypt’s Youth
In the Middle East, marriage can be expensive – too expensive, in fact, for many young people to afford. While political upheaval spreads across the region, Egyptians say the financial freedom that would allow them to marry is part of the very...
